Nzoia Sugar FC head coach Salim Babu refused to concede the title after Sunday’s 1-0 loss to AFC Leopards, an outcome that was a major blow to his team’s ambitions.Ojo Olaniyi’s goal on the stroke of halftime is all Ingwe needed to end their seven-match winless run in the league and also derailed Nzoia Sugar who now trail leaders Gor Mahia by six points ahead of the final stretch of the season.##NAJAVA_MECA_7234442##For Nzoia to have a chance of getting their hands on the title, they have to win all their games and hope that Gor lose at least two of the remaining league matches. They will also be banking on second placed Tusker slipping.Babu remains confident that they can end their wait for a league title that has lasted for over two decades.“We are still in the title race, we still have realistic chances of going all the way. The defeat is definitely a dent to our ambitions but that doesn’t mean that we are out of it, we have five matches left before the season comes to an end and in the five matches anything can happen, ” he said.FULL TIME AFC Leopards 1 Nzoia Sugar FC 0⚽️ Ojo Olaniyi #Betika #OursForever #INGWE pic.twitter.com/57x1jyw5lk— AFC Leopards SC (@AFCLeopards) May 7, 2023 On his team bouncing back immediately, the experienced tactician opined that they will return to winning ways soonest as they did not have a bad game against Ingwe, bar not taking the chances that they created.“We will go back to the drawing board and plan on our bounce back. The good thing is that we did not play badly, we just didn’t take our opportunities and what needs fine tuning is our forward line and we will be good to go,” he added.“We had chances, a good number of them but we did not utilize them and in football when you do not take them up, you end up get punished and that is what happened against Leopards,”.Up next for Nzoia is a tie against Kakamega Homeboyz at the Bukhungu Stadium in Kakamega on Sunday 14th May.Opinion: FKFPL talking points after 29 matches
